Every third month, AON offers its readers the chance to make their opinions and attitudes known through VOTES: Voice of the Educated Sportsman.
This month’s topics include a new regulation that bans shark fishing from any Alabama shore and from boats within 300 yards of the beaches to a no-wake proposal that has attracted the attention and ire of some anglers. There’s also a question about the painful rise in gasoline prices and how gas prices might affect your hunting and fishing.
I had the opportunity this month to go bowfishing. Having never had the chance to experience this sport, I was admittedly a little skeptical when I received the assignment. But I must admit I was intrigued to find out what this was all about.
Thank Goodness they aren’t as big as rabbits! Fire ants, tiny as they are, pack a powerful punch. Since their arrival, they have become a pervasive pest on the landscape of the South, pockmarking the countryside with mounds of dirt packed full...
This season I entered some of the BASS Elite Series bass tournaments as a co-angler, the first tournament being the Citrus Slam on the Toho/Kissimmee Chain. I fished a BASS Open there last year on the pro side and was excited about going back.
